In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Kurt Russell MacReady
Keith David Childs
Wilford Brimley Blair
T.K. Carter Nauls
David Clennon Palmer
Richard Dysart Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan Norris
Peter Maloney Bennings
Richard Masur Clark
Donald Moffat Garry
Joel Polis Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites Windows
Norbert Weisser Norwegian
Larry Franco Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman Pilot
Adrienne Barbeau Computer (voice) (uncredited)
John Carpenter Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)